So….what did I choose to stitch next? I was responsible and I picked a WIP from the priority stack…Cheerful Bouquet from Jeannette Douglas. I made great progress! I decided to skip the sawtooth border at first and dive into the yellow flowers. I thought they would kind of be a pain since they are lumpy and every other one is […]
I started a new Blackbird. This is from the booklet “Deck The Halls” called First Day of Christmas. I haven’t gotten too far! I now have soccer practice to attend twice a week and a border is a good thing to work on during that so I was able to finish up the green on the border of Mary Ellen […]
I’ve been enjoying my Sampler September projects. I focused on making it up to the top of Anna Millet. I am eager to chop this sampler off of the quarter yard of linen she is on, which I’ll do immediately once I see how big she actually will be! It is like holding a table cloth to stitch on! Then […]
The September Sampler Soirée hashtag is back on Instagram again this year. I haven’t posted on IG in almost a year. It feels like it might be time to do that again and the September Sampler Soirée is as good a reason as any to start again. I had mentioned I had a plan to work on Anna Millet this […]
I managed to finished Mary Ellen’s verse this week: I really love this sampler. The verse is very touching I think. My goal for Sampler September is to finish the is one. Do-able! Hey, I finished Dorcas Haynes last September which was much more difficult work! Towards that end, I got the 2nd butterfly put in this morning, and started […]
It is easy to love Mary Ellen Turner. The silks, the soft colors, and my beautiful Lakeside linen make it a joy to stitch. I stitched on her all weekend. I selected to do one of the more “count-y” bits since I had good time to sit in daylight and read the pattern. How do you like the butterfly? To […]
I picked up Anna Millet from Reflets de Soie last week. I felt that a monochrome project and one with a lot of letters in it would be an inspiring thing to try to get the stitching mojo back. I think that is working out. I have made some progress since last time I touched this Before: Now: The progress […]
Well, as I’ve been stitching Cheerful Bouquet I’ve been wondering what about it is *not quite right.* I compared my stitching to the cover photo, the reason I bought it…and the darker pink that was supplied in the kit is NOT that lovely contrasting light red in the photo. So oh dear, I am going to fix it. I will […]
I had the best intentions to work on Checkerboard Stag this week, especially since I knew I’d have some “wait around” stitching time…but I can’t for the life of me find the project bag for that one! I was tidying up my stitching area and I’m sure I put it in a “WIPs to work on basket” but it is […]
Well I’ve gotten a little carried away with Sacred, to the detriment of the Checkerboard Stag! That did not get completed in February (though it might have had I not picked up Sacred) but I made good progress on Sacred. It’s good to have the stitching bug back! One thing or another will get finished soon! That’s good right? I […]
